I love G.Ls version, But Damn Johnny opened himself so much with this. He puts such sadness and vulnerability into it. The pathos is enough to clench the heart you can hear the regrets and love inside his voice, as if its his life he laying open and bare before all of us. A man with nothing left to lose unafraid. Who took lifes kicks and punches and stood up bruised but not broken.
He lived and died by his own rules and in the end, shouldnt we all?
Johnny's voice is causing a lump in my throat, as I listen to Gordon's words being sung by such an icon of the music industry, as he's getting towards the end of his time here with us. Rest In Peace, Johnny, cuz we'll get to be with you again, someday...
How heartbreaking! You hear the fragility in Johnny's voice. He speaks of the moments he regrets, the pain he left behind. And yes I love Gordon Lightfoots version. There is plenty of room to love both. Gordon was speaking of divorce and Johnny was speaking of his whole life, of what he got wrong. And all of it both singers are speaking of the end of something precious to them.
tonite is the first I heard this cover by John......once again I am stunned how the man can take the best that others have to offer and make it his own, as if he wrote it and lived it himself. stunned and amazed.
This is one of the greatest songs ever written. I still get goose bumbs when I hear all these years later. When Gordon Lightfoot sings this, it is haunting. When I heard Johnny Cash sing this, it was soul crushing. I actually have a hollow ache in my chest after hearing this version. Real physical pain. I wanna cry about all my lost loves now. Especially the one. You all know the one.
When I was ten, my parents divorced. This song was on the radio at the time. My mother said that this song described the experience of divorce perfectly. Even forty years later, I still cry when I hear this song. This version is particularly raw. I miss Johnny.
Started out, thinking Didn't Like it in comparison to the original .. in 15 seconds of the vocal track the Emotion Pouring out of his Soul was Overwhelming, I spent rest of The Song in Tears, And I not A big Softy This Man has experienced more than anyone could Ever Imagine, And he Brings it ALL to the Table in this song... Powerful Beyond just Mere Words, This Man was able to Breath Life into Every Word He ever sung ...
He was ill, and probably emotional.. thats what makes this my favourite vocal take of all time, and god rest his soul. He definitely had his finger on the pulse all his life, and i love this cover of a great song.
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this man cant sing very well. pls let him shut up. let him do something he is good at. when i listen to music i want to hear something nice, not this crap.
Well done by Johnny Cash; honest, succulent, white knuckles good. Sure, maybe he drank a bit much sometimes, but he always left his "guts" in his music.
@dhadley67 u stupid ignorant cunt,he died of cancer not of liver failure.dont listen to someone you dont like or appreciate,go listen to some pop shit..
That once monumental voice made all the more stirring when faltering as a frail echo of its former self. I get chills when this man sings this song. Want to hear what humanity and mortality sound like? Listen to his haunting performance. True artistry.
i like the raw sound of johnny here, like hes singing to someone he knows ...its not as lyrical or tuned the way the original is, its like youre hearing a man confess to his woman ..its nice
I have sung this for many years and loved it since I first heard it in high school. I am not G.L., but I give it my all when I sing it. The point of this is that though G.L. has this song in his heart probably more than anyone could, hearing Mr. Cash put his heart and soul into it, with such emotion is really what this song is all about.He obviously loved the love of his life, as I do mine. She is a beautiful singer-songwriter and contemporary composer and I pray we sing together forever.Love it
@bohs1984 Kidd, you should learn how to read (as in analyze a statement contained in a text, not saying you are illiterate) and also to control your frustrations.
There were two separate statements in my post, the first being a joke :)
Damn, lighten up, this is music not the debate team. Just enjoy the damn song.
@napalmeon Yeah, because Gorden Lightfoot couldn't really sing and had a bunch of gimmicks and tricks; You fucking idiot. Cash was paying these people the greatest honor of their lives by singing these songs and I'm sure every artist who wrote a song, from Personal Jesus to this, was out of their fucking mind with pride that this great artist felt these songs meant somehting to him and were worthy of his time and attention.
A lot of people do not understand that the best covers are raw and emotionally wrenching. This made me cry. Especially when he says "I'm just trying to understand the feelings that you lack." And the sparse arrangement is great. Five stars.
Cold steel bars blocking Old Johnny from the next milleneum Worn out telomeres without the genetic assistance of 21st century molecular biology. It is OK. He'll be reincarnated and play music again and again and again forever in eternity . .
so much pain in this song , it hurt me! JOHNNY GOD WILL SHOW YOU ALL YOU WANTED IN ONE SECOND YOU HAVE IT ALL! R I P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA GREATH SONG!
If all listeners who have made adverse criticisms REALLY listened, it would soon become apparent that he IS in tune. It's not a copycat cover - it's an original cover,
possibly the best I've heard. His phrasing is spot on - don't compare with Lightfoot's
@Calbenmike and I'm listening to it for the third time in a row trying to see where your coming from...but I can't! Gives me chills every time. His voice is so haunting and music so simple. Amazing.
@KristaDawn1985 Here's a way to listen to this song: Listen to Lightfoot's properly sung rendition three times and then listen to this bastardized version. Cash is so out of tune. This is painful to listen to. The original of this song is from the early 70's not the 90's.
@Calbenmike Calbenmike, no disrespect, but are you serious? It's not about how in tune or whatever someone is. It's about Johnny singing from the depths of his soul, and that's always in tune. I think this cover is beautiful, as all of Cash's songs are. Have a good day.
Johnny Cash does not suck, please. This song doesnt work, but his version of NIN's Hurt is spectacular....and his older work is a masterpiece, and it is not monotone. Get real.
I prefer the original Lightfoot version, but Johnny makes it a little sadder for me. Damn, his voice really projects emotion well. One of my friends says that he sucks because his voice is monotonous, but that's not what makes a singer bad. This is great, even though I'm damn near crying. Reached a level that's nearly impossible these days for new artists.
Look, ill and dying 70 year old Johnny Cash, after having lost his reason for living and the love of his life, could sing any damn thing he wanted to and you should just STFU and listen. He earned that.
What he may have lost in technical prowess as his life ended he more than made up for by expressing pain, passion and hard edged experience that puts a lump in your throat, and that most singers can only dream of.
@IDioGenesis I wouldn't say he completely lost his reason to live (Johnny was a devout Christian, as was his wife), but her death definitely shook him to his core, obviously, and hit him very, very hard (as it would for anyone). He died four or so months later. Other than that, right on. I love the way his voice just breaks toward the end. Now that's a musician. Good day to you, IDioGenesis.
@eldiran2 Yes, I supose we shall all end up pathetic in the end but it would be nice to think that a performance like that is still left in us all when the end draws near. That was not pathos but passion.
@IDioGenesis I agrree in everything you said 100%> Actually, the fragility in Johnny's voice adds to the melancholy of the song. Knowing he loved June the way he did you know every lyric is expressed for her. Perfection in the crystal clear ambience of a perfect voice, NO. But what Johnny lacks in range, he makes up for in feeling. Artist's today lack that.
@IDioGenesis He didn't lose his reason for living, but her death certainly affected him deeply. Very deeply. As any death to someone so close to your heart, especially the other half of it, would. But yeah. All the technical nonsense is just that- a bunch of nonsense. He sang with his heart and soul and you can hear it in each word. Especially when he almost breaks down during it.
@IDioGenesis not sure who you responded too or about in this song... Not as good as Lightfoot I know but then neither was his version of "The first time ever I saw your face" but Cash killed NIN in "Hurt" and has a number of great hits that are perfect.. RIP J.R.
@IDioGenesis agreed! It's actually all his background that make that song so strong! I can't imagine that song with his voice in The Ring of Fire or Walk the Line.
@Bluestone365 I'd rather hear an artist evolving in a raw, human way, than to play the same old songs the same old way. The guy covered NIN and Soundgarden for Christs sake he's got more street cred in his little pinky than you could ever get sitting on YouTube flaming legends who have passed away
Hi Crowndefender, i respect your opinion but i think it is a little harsh, consider this would Bob Dylan or Tom Waits win the X factor or American Idol.
Brilliant performance! What you nay sayers don't understand is that this man is telling a story, HIS story, when he covers this song and others like Hurt. A story about coming from a dreadfully poor family, the loss of a sibling that he blames himself for, fame, success, drug addiction, love and love lost, never feeling "good enough" for his father, etc. Know the background and you might be able to appreciate this talent.
@snoogans999 Wrongo bongo. You've been processed by the publicity machine. You, and the other processed sheep here, feel obligated to approve of this embarrassing performance. This is very common today.
@Jitpring the man was almost dead...As morbid as it may sound I think there is something uniquely artistic about having such a broken and frail voice carrying on like it's his last confession, especially when the voice was so strong beforehand
@snoogans999 Yes, he was almost dead. Yet you approve of this. Only in a culture of death is one's death rattle seen as fit matter for public consumption. Sick.
@romoled Not at all. I'll continue to speak out against all such Oprahism (for such exhibitionism is, of course Oprahist; no, all must NOT be revealed) as I wish. It's very interesting, by the way, to see just how processed you and your ilk here are. In addition to feeling obligated to approve of such embarrassing and morbid exhibitionism, you've no doubt branded yourself with at least one tattoo as well, and are thus part of today's herd of "individuals" and "freethinkers," correct? Don't lie.
@Jitpring Once you're done battling Oprah in your mind, can you stop deriding the accomplishments of the deceased? You see, there's more to music than sounding youthful; art is not a science. Thank God.
seriously rebekah you need to shut the fuck up about mj. His music sucks more dick than he does. He was a great singer, a shitty song writer, and a pedophile. end of story.
@zekethehillbilly Who asked your opinion??? Since you joined in, who actually wrote Billie Jean??? I think it was Michael Jackson and it was a best seller at the time and is still a great song. And I'm just going to repeat that he went on trial and was found innocent, which means he didn't do it.
Now since no ones asked you, mind your own business!!!
@zekethehillbilly If it's boring you don't need to comment do you??? And if you get your facts straight, I commented on here a few months ago and this whole debate has carried on from there. So unless you have something constructive to say, I suggest you just don't reply as it bores me!!!
I love G.Ls version, But Damn Johnny opened himself so much with this. He puts such sadness and vulnerability into it. The pathos is enough to clench the heart you can hear the regrets and love inside his voice, as if its his life he laying open and bare before all of us. A man with nothing left to lose unafraid. Who took lifes kicks and punches and stood up bruised but not broken.
He lived and died by his own rules and in the end, shouldnt we all?
Thank You Johnny ~ R.I.P
robwheelut 2 weeks ago
pure joy, painful as hell. thank you for posting.!!!
astrofan777 1 month ago
Here's one more that I just found:
John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)
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Johnny's voice is causing a lump in my throat, as I listen to Gordon's words being sung by such an icon of the music industry, as he's getting towards the end of his time here with us. Rest In Peace, Johnny, cuz we'll get to be with you again, someday...
ChuckieInMT 1 month ago
How heartbreaking! You hear the fragility in Johnny's voice. He speaks of the moments he regrets, the pain he left behind. And yes I love Gordon Lightfoots version. There is plenty of room to love both. Gordon was speaking of divorce and Johnny was speaking of his whole life, of what he got wrong. And all of it both singers are speaking of the end of something precious to them.
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10 people can lick my anus clean after a bowel movement.
MrMojoincc 2 months ago
he puts so much passion in his songs/covers. he seriously almost made me cry with this
shadybizness1 3 months ago
This just broke my heart.
ritaggn 3 months ago
10 people are wrong
jasonp1971 3 months ago 2
tonite is the first I heard this cover by John......once again I am stunned how the man can take the best that others have to offer and make it his own, as if he wrote it and lived it himself. stunned and amazed.
javaman64 3 months ago
so nice in his voice.
gossip00 3 months ago
End of life gives this song full closure. Masterpiece of art and life.
letsif 3 months ago 4
Only 15, listen to Heavy metal but absolutely love Johnny Cash!<3
Cyberdyne7 3 months ago
@Cyberdyne7 Great to hear that dude...I am 49 and try to keep my mind open to and I grew up hearing Johnny Cash.
lewandlo 3 months ago
wow- this made me cry.
aquaturtle79 3 months ago 4
Oh, it's beautiful song! He sings it very tenderly and feeling.
sedlpetr 4 months ago
I never heard him sing this song before! This is such a rarity!
anne91276 4 months ago
i grew up listening to johnny my mum and dad loved him r.i.p johnny your music still lives on :-) xxx
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Just click my name, the other song I wrote for all who have died for our freedom..
Please click my name, Johnny influenced me soo much, I love this song...
ShannonStephenSmith 4 months ago
;'(
TheGreeeen 4 months ago
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TheGreeeen 4 months ago
The Greatest Thing about Johnny Cash, is he makes the lyrics jump out at people, he does this better than anyone else ever has or ever will.
jimw12 4 months ago
I'd listen to him sing the phone directory... his pacing was perfect. That's natural skill.
copndonut 4 months ago
9 people can't read my mind
hurrandcane 4 months ago
WOW! Amazing performance. Johnny Cash put his own special signature on this classic.
Gramatan3000 5 months ago
This is one of the greatest songs ever written. I still get goose bumbs when I hear all these years later. When Gordon Lightfoot sings this, it is haunting. When I heard Johnny Cash sing this, it was soul crushing. I actually have a hollow ache in my chest after hearing this version. Real physical pain. I wanna cry about all my lost loves now. Especially the one. You all know the one.
graemelockieable 5 months ago 2
@graemelockieable (whispers) Great white buffalo...
Doughfoot 5 months ago
When I was ten, my parents divorced. This song was on the radio at the time. My mother said that this song described the experience of divorce perfectly. Even forty years later, I still cry when I hear this song. This version is particularly raw. I miss Johnny.
Sforeczka 5 months ago 2
my god, the pain in his voice during these late covers he recorded... he made himself so vulnerable in the end
Cytus 6 months ago 24
What a brave, brave performance. Chills me to the bone and touches my heart every time I hear it.
echadmeir 6 months ago 3
unbelievable....wow
ca218886 6 months ago
anyone know where I can get a big print of the first Johnny pic, flipping the bird..?
ministig 7 months ago
Started out, thinking Didn't Like it in comparison to the original .. in 15 seconds of the vocal track the Emotion Pouring out of his Soul was Overwhelming, I spent rest of The Song in Tears, And I not A big Softy This Man has experienced more than anyone could Ever Imagine, And he Brings it ALL to the Table in this song... Powerful Beyond just Mere Words, This Man was able to Breath Life into Every Word He ever sung ...
DarthIncubuss 7 months ago
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This is the best way to view this beautiful song. Great thought on a great version of a beautiful song,
Lowspark55 6 months ago
He was ill, and probably emotional.. thats what makes this my favourite vocal take of all time, and god rest his soul. He definitely had his finger on the pulse all his life, and i love this cover of a great song.
EdEckersley 8 months ago
did Johnny Cash have an aboriginal background?
itsafeeling 9 months ago
GANGSTA!
ChicanoTattooArt 9 months ago
his voice <3
tincathewildchild 9 months ago
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Amazing, simply Amazing how Johnny Cash turned this hit into song that is contemporary and full of meaning!
jskipp01 10 months ago
Amazing, simply Amazing how Johnny Cash turned this hit into song that is contemporary and full of meaning!
jskipp01 10 months ago
Y'all suppose the first picture is directed at dhadley67?
Mr572u 10 months ago
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this man cant sing very well. pls let him shut up. let him do something he is good at. when i listen to music i want to hear something nice, not this crap.
rormc 10 months ago
@rormc So go and listen to something else you dribbling fucking idiot?
Aardvarked88 10 months ago
@rormc You poor ignorant idiot.
seviwesuohetarepsed 9 months ago
Jonny Cash-my idle since I first heard him in 1954. Brings chills up my spine and a tear to my eye. May God bless you and June, Johnny.
Ken, Toronto, Ontario
dreadnought45 10 months ago
Wonderful to hear, Johnny!
Homonuevo 10 months ago
A true geneous!
kricky71 11 months ago
Well done by Johnny Cash; honest, succulent, white knuckles good. Sure, maybe he drank a bit much sometimes, but he always left his "guts" in his music.
gluserty 11 months ago
@dhadley67 u r a pompous asshole
0325shiloh 11 months ago
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garbage by an old burned out dope head alcoholic who would have lived longer if not himself...artistry?? gimme a break
dhadley67 11 months ago
@dhadley67 u stupid ignorant cunt,he died of cancer not of liver failure.dont listen to someone you dont like or appreciate,go listen to some pop shit..
garrickmanning 11 months ago
@dhadley67 You are living proof of reincarnation. No one could possibly get to be so stupid in just one lifetime.
ahbooaboo 11 months ago 2
@dhadley67 you suck ass, what the fuck do you know about talent? zilch! Go fuck your mother, then go jack-off and cry.
bungmiester 11 months ago
@bungmiester Jacking off and crying is much more fun then you'd think!
brendan5821 10 months ago
Total passion, depth of vocals and emotion. Truely missed.
laveritae1 11 months ago 2
He did indeed earn it!
bjayscanlon 11 months ago
Beautiful
KelliIR 1 year ago
My heart breaks everytime I hear Johnny's voice crack at 2:41...
MNWreckingCrew 1 year ago
@MNWreckingCrew is he choking up? damn this is depressing but I love it.
ChicanoTattooArt 9 months ago
@ChicanoTattooArt I don't think he choked up but I assume it's possible. I think his voice, obviously weak by this point, just cracked.
MNWreckingCrew 9 months ago
this album is so sad, in a beautiful kind of way. RIP Johnny, god bless
testnumberone1 1 year ago
That once monumental voice made all the more stirring when faltering as a frail echo of its former self. I get chills when this man sings this song. Want to hear what humanity and mortality sound like? Listen to his haunting performance. True artistry.
Fetucinee 1 year ago 2
i like the raw sound of johnny here, like hes singing to someone he knows ...its not as lyrical or tuned the way the original is, its like youre hearing a man confess to his woman ..its nice
Dravenswraith 1 year ago 3
The one and only -- what a legend
temp666777 1 year ago
I have sung this for many years and loved it since I first heard it in high school. I am not G.L., but I give it my all when I sing it. The point of this is that though G.L. has this song in his heart probably more than anyone could, hearing Mr. Cash put his heart and soul into it, with such emotion is really what this song is all about.He obviously loved the love of his life, as I do mine. She is a beautiful singer-songwriter and contemporary composer and I pray we sing together forever.Love it
TomAbdowConcerts 1 year ago 9
love Johnny-and may God bless Rick Rubin
musicisart2 1 year ago
@bohs1984 Kidd, you should learn how to read (as in analyze a statement contained in a text, not saying you are illiterate) and also to control your frustrations.
There were two separate statements in my post, the first being a joke :)
Damn, lighten up, this is music not the debate team. Just enjoy the damn song.
napalmeon 1 year ago
Johnny cash covering your song if probably the greatest compliment possible. It's like hearing god's voice saying: "great work bro".
dainumo 1 year ago 3
@dainumo And this isnt the first time he's covered Gordon's music either! Id say he also gave 2 thumbs up with that "great work bro"!
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so so hard......
HatchetDimitri 1 year ago
Those who trash this don't know what music is all about... heart and soul, and Johnny Cash The Man In Black had it all. His legend will live forever.
waterforpeople 1 year ago 3
I bet Mr. Cash is having a blast right now. All his covers are like saying to all the artists:
You know those songs that made you famous and you think you know how to sing? Well... listen to this!
Pure feeling, no tricks or gimmicks, this is the real music.
napalmeon 1 year ago
@napalmeon Yeah, because Gorden Lightfoot couldn't really sing and had a bunch of gimmicks and tricks; You fucking idiot. Cash was paying these people the greatest honor of their lives by singing these songs and I'm sure every artist who wrote a song, from Personal Jesus to this, was out of their fucking mind with pride that this great artist felt these songs meant somehting to him and were worthy of his time and attention.
bohs1984 1 year ago 5
For Johnny's next number, a guitar will accompany his casket in the key of d minor.
guinnesstrail 1 year ago
@guinnesstrail ?
TheDesertsItalian 1 year ago
A lot of people do not understand that the best covers are raw and emotionally wrenching. This made me cry. Especially when he says "I'm just trying to understand the feelings that you lack." And the sparse arrangement is great. Five stars.
feloniuschunk 1 year ago
Thanks for posting this. Gordon Lightfoot is a living legend. Johnny is a legend.
breakgive 1 year ago
Cold steel bars blocking Old Johnny from the next milleneum Worn out telomeres without the genetic assistance of 21st century molecular biology. It is OK. He'll be reincarnated and play music again and again and again forever in eternity . .
kir3txsbcglobalnet 1 year ago
one word...Amazing
metall1carulezzyou 1 year ago
amazed by the pain & emotion in his voice
meaty67 1 year ago
amazed
meaty67 1 year ago
Its not really about how he sings it, its about how closely it relates to his life if only more people new about him.
msmelendez 1 year ago
so much pain in this song , it hurt me! JOHNNY GOD WILL SHOW YOU ALL YOU WANTED IN ONE SECOND YOU HAVE IT ALL! R I P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAA GREATH SONG!
2pacisgoDIamOJ 1 year ago
If all listeners who have made adverse criticisms REALLY listened, it would soon become apparent that he IS in tune. It's not a copycat cover - it's an original cover,
possibly the best I've heard. His phrasing is spot on - don't compare with Lightfoot's
phrasing which is also great - different styles.
bernardbriggs 1 year ago
Yeah ... this is just terrible. It doesn't fit him and he's pretty far gone.
p1q0 1 year ago
Gorgeous and heartbreaking...
maeghan1edits 1 year ago
lightfoot wrote it.. he should sing it. Cash should have passed on this one.
BuzzyFredrick 1 year ago
THE MAN IN BLACK - THE GODFATHER OF GOTH - MISS YOU MY BROTHER IN SONG! FLY HIGH AND FLY PROUD.......................^V^
SilentDarkDrummer 1 year ago
WOW! I didn't know he covered this song! Amazing! Now its his and always will be! :)
KristaDawn1985 1 year ago
@KristaDawn1985 It's his? This is a HORRENDOUS cover.
Calbenmike 1 year ago
@Calbenmike You're clearly hearing impaired. I feel sorry for you.
KristaDawn1985 1 year ago 3
@KristaDawn1985 To simply like this song automatically because Johnny Cash is a legend is ludicrous. This cover is horrible.
Calbenmike 1 year ago
@Calbenmike I dont'! I like it because its good song :) Wayyyy better than the 1990's version of it.
KristaDawn1985 1 year ago
@Calbenmike and I'm listening to it for the third time in a row trying to see where your coming from...but I can't! Gives me chills every time. His voice is so haunting and music so simple. Amazing.
KristaDawn1985 1 year ago
@KristaDawn1985 Here's a way to listen to this song: Listen to Lightfoot's properly sung rendition three times and then listen to this bastardized version. Cash is so out of tune. This is painful to listen to. The original of this song is from the early 70's not the 90's.
Calbenmike 1 year ago
@Calbenmike ...I have. Mournful sorry. This is wayyyy better :)
KristaDawn1985 1 year ago
@KristaDawn1985 Wow. That's all I have to say.
Calbenmike 1 year ago
@Calbenmike Calbenmike, no disrespect, but are you serious? It's not about how in tune or whatever someone is. It's about Johnny singing from the depths of his soul, and that's always in tune. I think this cover is beautiful, as all of Cash's songs are. Have a good day.
Spike294 1 year ago
Simply beautiful, arresting, and I am completely choked up.
Mahdimav 1 year ago
HIS VOICE IS WHAT CONTEMPLATES MY LONELINESS...THE VOICE OF A GRANDFATHER I NEVER HAD... R.I.P
coldmetal94 1 year ago
This is a beautiful cover of a great song by a great man. That's all. That's all you need.
ayotteonly 1 year ago
@ayotteonly I couldn't disagree more. This is probably the worst cover I've ever heard.
Calbenmike 1 year ago
wow
midyer 1 year ago
Johnny Cash does not suck, please. This song doesnt work, but his version of NIN's Hurt is spectacular....and his older work is a masterpiece, and it is not monotone. Get real.
TheRealCritique 1 year ago
I prefer the original by Gordon Lightfoot.
TheBeekeeper 1 year ago
This song, and the way he sings it just evokes some heavy emotions. J.C. is the best! Looking forward seeing you in heavenly places.
IvanAgram 1 year ago
I prefer the original Lightfoot version, but Johnny makes it a little sadder for me. Damn, his voice really projects emotion well. One of my friends says that he sucks because his voice is monotonous, but that's not what makes a singer bad. This is great, even though I'm damn near crying. Reached a level that's nearly impossible these days for new artists.
Korban3 1 year ago 2
If you want to hear Pavarotti, look him up. This is perfection of a different sort.
booyakashafoshizzle 1 year ago
Look, ill and dying 70 year old Johnny Cash, after having lost his reason for living and the love of his life, could sing any damn thing he wanted to and you should just STFU and listen. He earned that.
What he may have lost in technical prowess as his life ended he more than made up for by expressing pain, passion and hard edged experience that puts a lump in your throat, and that most singers can only dream of.
IDioGenesis 1 year ago 106
@IDioGenesis I wouldn't say he completely lost his reason to live (Johnny was a devout Christian, as was his wife), but her death definitely shook him to his core, obviously, and hit him very, very hard (as it would for anyone). He died four or so months later. Other than that, right on. I love the way his voice just breaks toward the end. Now that's a musician. Good day to you, IDioGenesis.
Spike294 1 year ago
@IDioGenesis That is all true...but it doesn't necessarily make for an aesthetically pleasing experience.
Yes, he deserves great respect, but that doesn't mean he can't also be rather pathetic.
eldiran2 1 year ago
@eldiran2 Yes, I supose we shall all end up pathetic in the end but it would be nice to think that a performance like that is still left in us all when the end draws near. That was not pathos but passion.
DasHearach 1 year ago
@IDioGenesis thank you... i think you expressed that perfectly
catmanhunting 1 year ago
@IDioGenesis I agrree in everything you said 100%> Actually, the fragility in Johnny's voice adds to the melancholy of the song. Knowing he loved June the way he did you know every lyric is expressed for her. Perfection in the crystal clear ambience of a perfect voice, NO. But what Johnny lacks in range, he makes up for in feeling. Artist's today lack that.
lexingtonMO 10 months ago
@IDioGenesis He didn't lose his reason for living, but her death certainly affected him deeply. Very deeply. As any death to someone so close to your heart, especially the other half of it, would. But yeah. All the technical nonsense is just that- a bunch of nonsense. He sang with his heart and soul and you can hear it in each word. Especially when he almost breaks down during it.
Spike294 9 months ago
@Spike294 Best part of the song.
Spike294 8 months ago
@IDioGenesis he never lost a thing =)
EdEckersley 8 months ago 2
@IDioGenesis not sure who you responded too or about in this song... Not as good as Lightfoot I know but then neither was his version of "The first time ever I saw your face" but Cash killed NIN in "Hurt" and has a number of great hits that are perfect.. RIP J.R.
bravo723 7 months ago
@IDioGenesis agreed! It's actually all his background that make that song so strong! I can't imagine that song with his voice in The Ring of Fire or Walk the Line.
widggman 7 months ago
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This is crap lol, he sounds drunk or half asleep
Bluestone365 1 year ago
@Bluestone365 kill urself plz.
dumplingshakes22 1 year ago
@dumplingshakes22 Lol, thats a bit harsh ;) But i WAS right, this is crap!
Bluestone365 1 year ago
@Bluestone365 I'd rather hear an artist evolving in a raw, human way, than to play the same old songs the same old way. The guy covered NIN and Soundgarden for Christs sake he's got more street cred in his little pinky than you could ever get sitting on YouTube flaming legends who have passed away
andrewc2768 1 year ago 70
@Bluestone365 R u serious? I really hope you're not or you are seriously musically undereducated.
IvanAgram 1 year ago
@Bluestone365 you realy don't get it. sorry for you.
vascomilan 1 year ago
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This is crap lol, he sounds drunk or half asleep
Bluestone365 1 year ago
Hi Crowndefender, i respect your opinion but i think it is a little harsh, consider this would Bob Dylan or Tom Waits win the X factor or American Idol.
TheNigelc8 1 year ago
Johnny bearing his soul.....
russellperry1 1 year ago
Is that really Johnny Cash singing?
schuey999 1 year ago
@schuey999 No Bing Crosby
russellperry1 1 year ago
Sorry but that was ARSE !! -- if it didn't say Johnny Cash at the top nobody would have made it past the first 15 seconds - not one of his best.
crowndefender111 1 year ago
very harsh
Stevesk0011 1 year ago
don't think you can compare Johnny's with the original, they are both filled with emotion though.
airmurphy23 1 year ago
There is and never will be anything better than the original..Think the world of ya JC..but the true remains.
HuxleyBarada 1 year ago
Look.
spock8131 1 year ago
rip mr CASH
mickystormont 1 year ago
Better than the orginal !
lrac 1 year ago
@lrac Very far from it.
Jitpring 1 year ago
LOVE
ColoradoGETSBUCK 1 year ago
I think Johnny's voice got so much better with age. It has so much more emotion and power behind it.
kawana87 1 year ago
jonhy cash for the win
marikouts 1 year ago
lightfoot is a legend. nobody writes anything better. the genius is in creating, not the copy.
torontohack 1 year ago
@torontohack I couldn't agree more.
Jitpring 1 year ago
"You see, there's more to music than sounding youthful."
Ah yes, the words of a fully processed permanent adolescent. You're utterly conformed to this base, puerile age.
Jitpring 1 year ago
So good
beardysgirl 1 year ago
one of the best songwritter in the history of music.
rare are those who really put their heart and meaning in every single song.
frankieutd 1 year ago
@frankieutd Gordon Lightfoot was the original writer. This is a cover of that.
RRRAAAYYY2 1 year ago
thank got rick ruben understood the talent
nothadnotbad 1 year ago
@nothadnotbad Do you enjoy Johnathan Cash?
dowling1981 1 year ago
Brilliant performance! What you nay sayers don't understand is that this man is telling a story, HIS story, when he covers this song and others like Hurt. A story about coming from a dreadfully poor family, the loss of a sibling that he blames himself for, fame, success, drug addiction, love and love lost, never feeling "good enough" for his father, etc. Know the background and you might be able to appreciate this talent.
madzdad1991 1 year ago 2
@madzdad1991 I totally agree
Debora065 1 year ago
This is a truly dreadful performance, embarrassingly bad. It's always a shame when one doesn't know when to quit.
Jitpring 1 year ago
@Jitpring ignoramous
snoogans999 1 year ago
@snoogans999 Wrongo bongo. You've been processed by the publicity machine. You, and the other processed sheep here, feel obligated to approve of this embarrassing performance. This is very common today.
Jitpring 1 year ago
@Jitpring the man was almost dead...As morbid as it may sound I think there is something uniquely artistic about having such a broken and frail voice carrying on like it's his last confession, especially when the voice was so strong beforehand
snoogans999 1 year ago
@snoogans999 Yes, he was almost dead. Yet you approve of this. Only in a culture of death is one's death rattle seen as fit matter for public consumption. Sick.
O age, thou art shamed.*
O shame, where is thy blush?**
-Shakespeare, Julius Caesar,* Hamlet**
Jitpring 1 year ago
@Jitpring
Dude shut your FACE! Your lame commenting is the only embarrassment here.
romoled 1 year ago
@romoled Not at all. I'll continue to speak out against all such Oprahism (for such exhibitionism is, of course Oprahist; no, all must NOT be revealed) as I wish. It's very interesting, by the way, to see just how processed you and your ilk here are. In addition to feeling obligated to approve of such embarrassing and morbid exhibitionism, you've no doubt branded yourself with at least one tattoo as well, and are thus part of today's herd of "individuals" and "freethinkers," correct? Don't lie.
Jitpring 1 year ago
@Jitpring Once you're done battling Oprah in your mind, can you stop deriding the accomplishments of the deceased? You see, there's more to music than sounding youthful; art is not a science. Thank God.
KnightOneDark 1 year ago
@Jitpring Heh, well argued. Probably true too.
MrLeonfly 1 year ago
seriously rebekah you need to shut the fuck up about mj. His music sucks more dick than he does. He was a great singer, a shitty song writer, and a pedophile. end of story.
zekethehillbilly 1 year ago
@zekethehillbilly Who asked your opinion??? Since you joined in, who actually wrote Billie Jean??? I think it was Michael Jackson and it was a best seller at the time and is still a great song. And I'm just going to repeat that he went on trial and was found innocent, which means he didn't do it.
Now since no ones asked you, mind your own business!!!
Rebekah270984 1 year ago
@Rebekah270984 *Yawn* Boring...BTW no one asked your opinion either...
zekethehillbilly 1 year ago
@zekethehillbilly If it's boring you don't need to comment do you??? And if you get your facts straight, I commented on here a few months ago and this whole debate has carried on from there. So unless you have something constructive to say, I suggest you just don't reply as it bores me!!!
Rebekah270984 1 year ago
The richness and depth of his voice is incomparable. This song sung by Johnny Cash just brought the tears to my eyes. Beautifully emoted.
angelialvares 1 year ago
g lightfoot version is a lot better
evelskunny 1 year ago
@evelskunny I have to agree too. Though Johnny does add some emotion to it, being in the situation he was in.
RRRAAAYYY2 1 year ago 2
I second that , Brilliant!!!!
ksgoo4960 1 year ago
YOU NIGGAZ DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT M NIGGA IS TALKING ABOUT IN THIS SONG
thetruth34er 1 year ago
This song is incredibly beatiful!
zweidrei91 1 year ago
not got anything on the original sorry.
SICKHEADCENTRAL 1 year ago